Jägerbataillon 25 (Federal Army)

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Jäger Battalion 25

Coat of arms Jaegerbataillon 25.jpg
active
Country AustriaAustria Austria
Armed forces Federal Army
Armed forces Land Forces
Branch of service infantry
Type Airborne unit
Subordinate troops
  • Command & headquarters company
  • 1. Hunter company
  • 2. Hunter company
  • Combat Support Company
Insinuation 7th Jäger Brigade
Headquarters of the battalion command Khevenhüller barracks , Klagenfurt
motto With courage, bravery and loyalty!
Tradition Kuk Carinthian Infantry Regiment "Graf von Khevenhüller" No. 7
commander
Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Raszer

The Jäger Battalion 25 is the only Jäger battalion in the Austrian Armed Forces that is specially trained for air landings . This main task is also reflected in his association badge with a stylized parachute and eagle wings.

The special position within the hunter troop is illustrated by the burgundy red beret , which also distinguishes the battalion members from the rest of the hunter troop with their green beret. The Jäger Battalion 25 is subordinate to the 7th Jäger Brigade . The location of the Jäger Battalion 25, currently under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Raszer, is Klagenfurt , Carinthia , Khevenhüller barracks .

According to the plans of the 2016 army reform , the 25th Jäger Battalion will remain with the 7th Jäger Brigade, which will have the task of working closely with the Rapid Deployment Command formed from the current 3rd Panzer Grenadier Brigade . The battalion's airborne capabilities will be an important part of this.

history

1956 to 1963: Feldjäger Battalion 25

Field Marshal Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller , who gave the IR 7 its name

On April 9, 1956, the provisional border guard division No. 5 was renamed the Carinthian Feldjäger Battalion No. 25 (FJgB 25) . The first in command was Lieutenant Colonel Svetozar Adamovich. On August 22, 1956, the battalion was moved from the Seebach district of Villach to the Lendorf barracks in Klagenfurt .

On June 21, 1962 the flag donated by the comradeship of the Kuk Carinthian Infantry Regiment "Graf von Khevenhüller" No. 7 was consecrated and ceremoniously handed over to the battalion. This symbolically expressed the takeover of the tradition of the former IR 7 by the Feldjägerbataillon 25.

1963 to 1994: Jäger Battalion 25

On January 1, 1963, FJgB 25 was renamed Jägerbataillon 25 (JgB 25). With the decree of the Federal Ministry for National Defense, the JgB 25 was commissioned as the so-called Klagenfurt House Battalion to maintain the tradition and the Lendorf barracks were renamed Khevenhüller barracks in memory of Field Marshal Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller . In the period from September 4th to 24th, the unit provided assistance in Upper Carinthia and East Tyrol because of a flood.

From July 11 to August 24, 1967, the battalion was relocated to the Italian state border to prevent terrorist attacks by the Liberation Committee of South Tyrol .

On October 15, 1973, the JgB 25 carried out the first airborne training with ten Bell 204s and one Sikorsky S-65 , and in the spring of 1975 the first training of 16 parachutists took place in Wiener Neustadt . In 1976, the battalion tested the two types of helicopters Aérospatiale SA 330 and Bell 212 . On September 26, 1981, the battalion entered into a partnership with the city of Klagenfurt.

On June 27, 1984, during airborne training, a Pilatus PC-6 crashed in the municipality of Ebenthal in Carinthia and crashed onto a rock. The pilot and six soldiers of JgB 25 were killed. Another firefighter had a fatal accident during the rescue work. It is the most casualty plane crash in the history of the armed forces and led to the introduction of the annual Rosental Peace Memorial March in 1986 . Air landing training with fixed-wing aircraft was also discontinued. Today they are only used for dropping parachutists during air landings.

In 1989 the battalion tested the Franco-German anti-tank guided missile MILAN for six months , and in 1990 the Italian Aeritalia G.222 transport aircraft was tested. Due to the Yugoslavia crisis, an anti-tank platoon from the battalion in the Bleiburg area and a fighter platoon were deployed to protect Klagenfurt Airport from June to July 1991 .

1994 to 1999: 7th Jägerregiment

On October 1, 1994, due to the "new army structure", the 25th Jäger Battalion was transferred to the 7th Jägerregiment, which formed the 7th Jäger Brigade in the event of mobilization. The cadre personnel were divided between the brigade's three militia battalions, namely the Jäger Battalions 25, 26 and 27, and assigned there in the event of mobilization.

In the course of this reclassification, the 7th Jägerregiment received a fourth company as part of a troop attempt, which as a "cadre company" consisted exclusively of cadre personnel and temporary soldiers. This company played a pioneering role in the later formation of KPE forces (cadre presence units) and the experiences that were made with it and by it brought important insights into the organization of such forces.

Since 1999: Jäger Battalion 25

With the reorganization of April 1, 1999, the 7th Jägerregiment was renamed again to the 25th Jägerbataillon. At the same time it was integrated into the active 7th Jäger Brigade together with the 7th Staff Battalion , the 18 Jäger Battalion and the 26th Jäger Battalion . Within the battalion, the 4th (cadre) company was merged with the 3rd hunter company, so that the 3rd company now functioned as a cadre company.

In 2002 the battalion together with the Jagdkommando provided 70 soldiers for the 1st contingent for the deployment of the Federal Army in Afghanistan . The soldiers were the Radpanzer Pandur equipped and together with German, Danish and Dutch soldiers in Camp Warehouse , sometimes for up to 9 months, housed.

In 2003 the battalion entered into a training partnership with Airborne Brigade 26 of the German Armed Forces .

Camp Casablanca in Suva Reka in southern Kosovo, the third company's operational area in spring 2014

From the previous 3rd (cadre) company, the first cadre presence unit (KPE) in Austria was formed in spring 2004. This new form of organization brought with it mandatory foreign assignments for their relatives. In the same year, the battalion designed the loading and unloading procedures for the new S-70 Black Hawk helicopter .

In March 2004, there was in Kosovo to serious riots against the Serb minority. The KFOR decided to step from the participating countries, the local quotas with additional troops. An advance command from 3rd Company arrived on site ten hours after the alarm had been issued. Two use trains of the Third other in a thickness of 60 men and more 30 man units of 7. Hunter Brigade achieved by means of air transport, performed by the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transporter of the armed forces, the first international reinforcement 36 hours after alerting the area of operation Camp Casablanca at Suva Reka . Numerous logistical problems such as transporting the CRC equipment were overcome. The knowledge gained from this flowed into the training program of the entire armed forces. After the situation in Kosovo had calmed down again, the Austrian reinforcement troops could be withdrawn three weeks later.

In October 2007, the 3rd Company (KPI) exercised for the first time within the framework of Task Force 18 , this was a strong battalion, made up of one KPE company from Jäger Battalions 17 , 18, 24 and the 3rd / JgB 25 (KPE). The command of the association was held by the battalion command of the Jägerbataillon 18 in Sankt Michael in Upper Styria .

As early as 2006, the German Federal Armed Forces had asked whether the Federal Army could participate with a company in the German ORF battalion . The 3rd Company formed the second Austrian unit together with the German Panzer Grenadier Battalion 33 of Panzerlehrbrigade 9 in the period from December 16, 2008 to June 30, 2009, the corresponding ORF unit. This commitment was preceded by corresponding joint exercises on the Ehra-Lessien military training area and the combat training center of the Bundeswehr Altmark in November and December 2008.

In 2011 the 3rd company was converted back to a normal hunter company. The battalion command, however, received the order to form the command element of Task Force 25 . This battalion-strong unit, set up on a KPE basis, was the successor unit to Task Force 18 and has been the armed forces' rapid intervention reserve ever since.

In March 2011 the TF25 was structured as follows:

  • Battalion Command / JgB 25 KPE (Klagenfurt)
  • Headquarters / JgB 25 KPE (Klagenfurt)
  • 1. Jägerkompanie / JgB 23 KPE ( Bludesch )
  • 2. Jägerkompanie / JgB 26 KPE ( Spittal an der Drau )
  • 3. Jägerkompanie / JgB 17 KPE ( Straß )

In addition to leading the task force, the battalion command was also responsible for the remaining three hunter companies in Jäger Battalion 25.

In July 2011 there was a customs conflict with Serbia in Kosovo , whereupon the KFOR had the current ORF battalion marched, whose Austrian company consisted of soldiers from the 13th Panzer Grenadier Battalion and the 25th Jäger Battalion. On November 28, eleven members of the 13th Panzer Grenadier Battalion were wounded in unrest in the area of Opština Zubin Potok . After the German commander of the ORF battalion was even shot, Lieutenant Colonel Franz Pirker from Jägerbataillon 25 took over the command of the entire ORF unit. The soldiers did not return until April 2012 after they had been replaced by an Italian ORF reserve unit.

In December 2012 the battalion was restructured and since then has only consisted of both contract and professional soldiers.

Because of the refugee crisis , at least 150 soldiers were deployed as part of a security police assistance mission at the Spielfeld border crossing in January 2016 .

Commanders

  • Lieutenant Colonel Svetozar Adamovich: April 1956 - August 1956
  • Major Hans Wachtl: August 1956 - September 1956
  • Major Martin Kellner: September 1956 - June 1962
  • Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Triebnig: June 1962 - June 1971
  • Major of the General Staff Service Maximilian Liebminger: June 1971 - June 1972
  • Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Triebnig: June 1972 - December 1973
  • Major of the General Staff Service Gerfried Barta: January 1974 - July 1974
  • Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Allmann: July 1974 - July 1980
  • Colonel Georg Goess: August 1980 - April 1988
  • Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff Service Gunther Spath : May 1988 - October 1988
  • Colonel Dietmar Cuder: November 1988 - September 1994
  • Colonel Georg Goess: October 1994 - April 1996
  • Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff Service Alois Frühwirt: May 1996 - December 1996
  • Lieutenant Colonel Günter Polajnar: December 1996 - March 1999
  • Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff Service Friedrich Schrötter: April 1999 - February 2000
  • Colonel Gerhard Mereiter: February 2000 - October 2005
  • Colonel Herbert Kraßnitzer: October 2005 - May 2015
  • Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff Service Norbert Klein: May 2015 - June 2016
  • Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Raszer: from June 2016

Structure and organization

Inclusion

tasks

Soldiers of the Jägerbataillons 25 during an international exercise on the Hohenfels Training Area ( Germany ) in May 2014.

The task of the battalion in peacetime consists of disaster relief, assistance (especially border security) and missions abroad as well as participation in international exercises. When deployed, the battalion functions primarily as a unit for airborne and special operations.

Strength

The battalion's full contingent comprises between 1,000 (peacekeeping strength) and 1,200 men, all of whom belong to the cadre ( professional soldiers ). Of these, around 120 are trained as army parachutists and around 90 as army mountain guides.

Web links

Commons : Jägerbataillon 25  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bundesheer.at - Jägerbataillon 25 , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  2. ^ The new structures of the armed forces , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 29, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c d e f History of the Jägerbataillon 25 , website www.jgb25.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  4. ↑ Carinthian soldiers invite you to the Rosentalmarsch , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  5. ↑ Focus: Task Force 25 , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  6. ↑ PDF: Das Rote Berett - Edition 01/11 - page 12 , PDF on website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  7. ↑ PDF: Das Rote Berett - Edition 01/11 - page 14 , PDF on website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  8. ↑ PDF: Das Rote Berett - Edition 01/11 - page 15 , PDF on website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  9. ↑ Reinforcement Kosovo 2004 , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  10. ↑ PDF: Das Rote Berett - Edition 01/11 - page 18 , PDF on website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  11. ↑ Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  12. ↑ PDF: Das Rote Berett - Edition 01/11 - Pages 18 and 19 , PDF on website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  13. ↑ a b From Task Force 25 on the Kaderbataillon , website www.jgb25.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  14. ↑ PDF: Das Rote Berett - Edition 01/11 - Page 3 , PDF on website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  15. ^ Jägerbataillon 25 is looking for volunteers , website www.doppeladler.com, accessed on June 29, 2016
  16. ↑ Injured soldiers are flown home , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  17. ↑ Kosovo: ORF to be replaced , website www.doppeladler.com, accessed on June 29, 2016
  18. ^ Jägerbataillon 25 is looking for volunteers , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 26, 2016
  19. ↑ Refugee crisis: 150 more soldiers in the field. Kleine Zeitung , January 18, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 .